#prayeralert: Flooding Brings Chaos, Devastation & Death to the BalkansLaura Gish - 27 May 2014

Waters are rising. People are fleeing. People are dying. 

The region’s worst rainfall in more than a century wreaks havoc for people living in the Balkans. 
“The situation is catastrophic,” Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said. “These are the kind of waters not seen in 1,000 years, let alone 100.”

As of May 18, at least 37 people have died. As waters recede, that number is likely to rise. Thousands have gone to higher ground. 

“I carried my kids out on my back; then waited 12 hours to be rescued myself,” said one 40-year-old resident. “What now?” he asked. 

Then there are awful power shortages. Throughout the area sandbags are slung over shoulders and passed from person to person as hundreds of soldiers, policeman and villagers scramble to protect power plants from flood waters. Already power capacity is down by 40 percent.

Heap on top of that the potential loss of crops, and the future is very bleak for thousands of desperate, scared, homeless and hungry people.  

That’s the bad. Now we pray for the good..

•    Pray for the rain to cease and for floodwaters to recede. 
•    Pray for rescuers to find people who are stranded fast. 
•    Ask God to protect crops and bring a good harvest.  
•    Thank God for demonstrating His great love and for bringing life in the midst of chaos.  

All images are used by permission in accordance with commons copyright license terms: Feature image is a derivative of the images 'New Adventure for the first part of 2012' by Dennis Jarvis  and 'Kalemegdan Park (Serbia)' by kaz